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{{Short description|British Conservative politician (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Lord Callanan
| image               = Official portrait of Lord Callanan crop 2.jpg
| office              = [[Department for Energy Security and Net Zero|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance]]
| primeminister       = [[Rishi Sunak]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: February 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-february-2023 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
| term_start          = 7 February 2023
| term_end            = 5 July 2024
| successor           = ''Office abolished''
| predecessor         = ''Office established''
| office1             = [[Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility]]
| primeminister1      = [[Boris Johnson]]<br>[[Liz Truss]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2022 |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> <br>[[Rishi Sunak]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
| term_start1         = 14 February 2020
| term_end1           = 7 February 2023
| predecessor1        = [[Ian Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank|The Lord Duncan of Springbank]]{{efn|As [[Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change]].}}
| successor1          = ''Office abolished''
| office2             = [[Minister of State for Exiting the European Union]]
| primeminister2      = [[Theresa May]]<br />Boris Johnson
| term_start2         = 27 October 2017
| term_end2           = 31 January 2020
| predecessor2        = [[Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns|The Baroness Anelay of St Johns]]
| successor2          = ''Office abolished''
| office3             = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport]]
| term_start3         = 14 June 2017
| term_end3           = 27 October 2017
| primeminister3      = Theresa May
| predecessor3        = [[Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon|The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon]]
| successor3          = [[Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg|The Baroness Sugg]]
| office4             = [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists]]
| term_start4         = 11 December 2011
| term_end4           = 12 June 2014
| predecessor4        = [[Jan Zahradil]]
| successor4          = [[Syed Kamall]]
| office5             = [[Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament]]
| term_start5         = 23 November 2010
| term_end5           = 1 March 2012
| predecessor5        = [[Timothy Kirkhope]]
| successor5          = [[Richard Ashworth]]
| office6             = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
| term_start6         = 6 November 2014<br />[[Life peer]]age
| office7             = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br />for [[North East England (European Parliament constituency)|North East England]]
| term_start7         = 10 June 1999
| term_end7           = 2 July 2014
| predecessor7        = Constituency established
| successor7          = [[Jonathan Arnott]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1961|8|8|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], England
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| alma_mater          = [[Newcastle Polytechnic]]
| caption             = Official portrait, 2018
}}
'''Martin John Callanan, Baron Callanan''' (born 8 August 1961) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. He was [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for [[North East England (European Parliament constituency)|North East England]] from 1999 to 2014 and Chairman of the [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|European Conservatives and Reformists]] [[political groups of the European Parliament|group]] from 2011 to 2014.<ref name="new Chairman">{{cite web|title=Conservative MEPs elect new Chairman|url=http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2010/11/Martin_Callanan_to_lead_Conservatives_in_the_European_Parliament.aspx|work=Conservative Party|accessdate=7 July 2012|date=24 November 2010}}</ref> Callanan failed his bid to win re-election in the [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2014 European Parliament elections]], becoming the first sitting chairman of a European parliamentary group to lose his seat.<ref name=ESvr124330/> On 8 August 2014, it was announced that he would be made a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.<ref name="House of Lords">{{cite web|title=Michael Cashman becomes lord|url=http://www.europeanvoice.com/people-and-places/michael-cashman-becomes-lord/|publisher=European Voice|accessdate=18 August 2014|date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
Following the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Callanan was appointed [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4336/career|title=Parliamentary career for Lord Callanan|work=UK Parliament|accessdate=27 June 2017}}</ref> In October the same year, he was appointed [[Minister of State for Exiting the European Union]].<ref name=":0" />
==Early life==
Callanan was born on 8 August 1961 in [[Gateshead]]. In 1985,<ref name="EP - Bio">{{cite web|title=Martin CALLANAN|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/4536/Martin_CALLANAN.html|work=MEP Biographies|publisher=European Parliament|accessdate=7 July 2012}}</ref> he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree (BSc) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from [[Northumbria University|Newcastle Polytechnic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martincallanan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37&Itemid=5|title=Profile at martincallanan.com}}</ref> He worked as an engineer at [[Scottish & Newcastle|Scottish and Newcastle breweries]] from 1986 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-callanan |title=Lord Callanan |work=GOV.UK |accessdate=21 July 2021}}</ref>
==Political career==
===Local councillor===
Callanan was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] councillor on [[Tyne and Wear|Tyne and Wear County Council]] between 1983 and 1986 (when the council was abolished) and [[Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead|Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council]] between 1987 and 1996, for the Low Fell ward. He worked as a project engineer at [[Scottish & Newcastle|Scottish and Newcastle breweries]] from 1986 to 1998, when he was elected to the [[European Parliament]].<ref name="EP - Bio" />
He unsuccessfully stood as a [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|parliamentary candidate]] for [[Houghton and Washington (UK Parliament constituency)|Washington]] (in the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 election]]), [[Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead East]] (in the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 election]]), and [[Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tynemouth]] (in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 election]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_the_European_Parliament/Callanan_Martin.aspx|title=Martin Callanan MEP at conservatives.com|accessdate=31 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803231204/http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_the_European_Parliament/Callanan_Martin.aspx|archivedate=3 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
===Member of European Parliament===
He was a [[Member of the European Parliament]] for the [[North East England (European Parliament constituency)|North East England]] constituency from 1999, re-elected in 2004 and 2009.<ref name=result09>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_33.stm|title=European Election 2009: North East|work=BBC News|date=7 June 2009|accessdate=10 June 2009}}</ref> In December 2011, he became the leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the Parliament; as a leader of a parliamentary group, he had a seat in the political leadership of the European Parliament, the [[Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament|Conference of Presidents]].<ref name="europarl.europa.eu">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/4536/MARTIN_CALLANAN_home.html|title=Martin CALLANAN – History of parliamentary service – MEPs – European Parliament|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|accessdate=27 June 2017}}</ref>
He was a member of the [[ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly]], and of the European Parliament's committee on the environment, public health and food safety (ENVI).<ref name="europarl.europa.eu"/> Callanan was a regular contributor to [[ConservativeHome]], writing a monthly report.<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Callanan MEP|url=http://conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/martin_callanan_mep/|work=Conservative Home}}</ref>
Callanan failed to win re-election in the [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2014 European Parliament election]], becoming the first sitting chairman of a European parliamentary group to lose his seat.<ref name=ESvr124330>{{cite news|title=ECR leader out of Parliament|url=http://euobserver.com/tickers/124330|work=euobserver.com|date=25 May 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref>
=== Peer and government minister ===
Callanan was created a [[life peer]] on 24 September 2014, taking the title Baron Callanan, of [[Low Fell]] in the [[Tyne and Wear|County of Tyne and Wear]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61002 |date=30 September 2014 |page=18966}}</ref>
Following the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Callanan was appointed [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport]].<ref name=":0" /> In the role he introduced the Space Industry Bill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/introduction-of-space-industry-bill-shows-uks-commitment-to-commercial-spaceflight|title=Introduction of Space Industry Bill shows UK's commitment to commercial spaceflight|date=28 June 2017|work=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>
In October the same year he was appointed [[Minister of State for Exiting the European Union]].<ref name=":0" /> The following month he was obliged to apologise for incorrectly stating in the Lords that the Supreme Court had ruled [[Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union]] was irreversible.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-minister-lord-callanan-apology-article-50-irreversible-supreme-court-ruling-david-davis-uk-a8065591.html |title=Brexit minister apologises for incorrectly saying Supreme Court had ruled Article 50 was irreversible |work=The Independent |last=Cowburn |first=Ashley |date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
Callanan was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the newly created [[Department for Energy Security and Net Zero]], on 7 February 2023, following a Cabinet reshuffle.
He piloted many significant Bills through the Lords, including the [[Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023]], the [[Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023]] and the landmark [[Energy Bill]], which is still in Parliament.
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== External links ==
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=GB&partNumber=1&zone=North+East&language=EN&id=4536 Profile on European Parliament website]
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